Policeman sells spy game to America

Scottish police detective is on the verge of a lucrative deal with the Four Seasons hotel chain

A police detective who left the force to develop an interactive spy game for children is on the verge of a lucrative deal with Four Seasons, the luxury North American hotel chain.

Super Spy Camp, created by David Goutcher, a former Strathclyde police officer, has been tried out by the leisure group's Scottsdale resort in Arizona and is to be rolled out to other venues in the 80-strong Four Season stable.

The resort chain discovered the game after a US businessman and his daughter played it at the Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire and recommended it to a senior employee at Four Seasons. Days later, Goutcher was contacted by the company and he flew out to showcase his product in August.

Goutcher, who is based in Eaglesham, has also secured deals with 40-strong Scottish chain Macdonald Hotels and Resorts and Center Parcs. He expects turnover at his Polybius company to hit